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CHARLES MARTIN, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

MATCH MAKING AND DlPPlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,113, dated September 14, 1886.

Application filed May E16, 1886. Serial No. 203.309.' (No model.)

To all whom it 71ml/ concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES MARTIN, residing at Toronto, in the county ofYorl;,Provi1ice of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match Making and Dipping Plant, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to match dipping and drying machinery.

The object of the invention is to produce a match-dipping plant in which the work of conveying, dipping, and drying the matches shall be automatically performed.

The invention consists in certain improvements in the conveying machinery and its relation to the splint-producing machines; also, in the mechanism for heating the chemicals and for dryingthe dipped matches; also,in the mechanism for removing the noxious gases and preventing them from inflicting injury on the operatives; also, in minor details of construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter pointed out in the claims. v

Figure 1 is a ground plan of a match-making plant containing, generally, the improvements which make this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the dippingroom and appliances, taken on the line x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line y y, Fig. 2, of the heating apparatus, parts be`v ing omitted. Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating, as a side elevatioma portion ofthe track and conveyer-tracks and,as section,one of the dipping-pans. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on line z z, Fig. 4., of the conveyer and trucks.' Fig. 6 is a cross-section on line 'w w, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an end View of the tray-holding frame of the endless carrier and its catches. Fig. 8 is a reverse view of the tray and catch. In the diagram, Fig.1,A represents the outline of the building which contains the machinery of the plant.

B B,&c.,represent anumber of match-splintmaking machines arranged, as shown, in juxtaposition to the drying-chamber D, through which the endless ccnveyer carries the matchtrays as received' from the splint-machines, and delivers the dipped matches at vthe other side of the chamber.

The match-splint machines B B are prefer'- ably such as are described in my application described in my application No. 201,023, iiled May 6, 1886, or other suitable trays which will hold the matches iirmly suspended and spaced from each other.

The relative position of other parts of the operative mechanism of the plant are also indicated in Fig. 1.

The dipping-chamber D is a closed room, preferably of brick-work,provided with glazed windows, and having openings 1 at each end for the passage of endlesschain carrier E. The endless carrier E is composed of a series ot' trucks, 2 2, which ride on the tracks 3 3, and are connected by links 4.- et, 85e. The endless chain passes round the sprocket-wheels 5 5, which are secured to or turn on shafts 6 6, said shafts having bearings 7 atthe outer ends of the dipping-chamber. One or the other of the sprocket-wheels 5 5 is driven from the engine, so that the endless carrier E shall move constantly forward.

Between the trucks 2 there is a frame, F,

into which a tray, G, containing match-splints,

may be placed. The frame F is attached to ties 11 l1, which are bolted, riveted, or otherwise secured to the links 4, which links connect the axles or bars 12 l2 of the trucks, thus formingan endless apron which passes round the sprocket-wheels' 5 5. The tracks 3 3 in eline downward from their general horizontal position, where they pass across the troughs or pansT T, and rise again beyond the troughs, those portions of the track just over the troughs being parallel with the surface of the chemicals contained in the troughs, these depressions 14 in the track being equal to or greater than the distance of the trucks from each other. At each side of these depressed portions 14 of the track there is a notch in the track, as shown at 15 15, Fig. 4, just fitting a segment of one of the trucks 2, and these notches are as far from each other as the distance between the trucks. It follows that as the endless chain is moved and the trucks drawn along the tracks, when the trucks reach the inclines in the track they will follow them, and so move along the depressions in the track parallel with the face of the chemical contained in the troughs T. When the trucks reach the notches l5 in the track, they will drop into these notches,and will carry the links 4 andthe suspended match-trays, which are between these trucks, perpendicularly downward, thus dipping the matches contained in these traysinto the paraiiine, sulphur, or other chemical in the trough.

The match-trays G1 have the 1n atcb-splints S secured in them and spaced from each other, so that the chemical will not adhere to more than onematch. These trays are dropped in between the iingers 20 of the frame F, and are support-ed at one end by hooks 2l, and at the other end by spring-clasps 22. rIhe matchtrays can be readily inserted in these frames in the endless conveyer at the point M, Fig. l., andare carried down by the conveyer, moving slowly forward to the lirst trough T, which contains the sulphur or other chemical into which the ends oi" the splints are first dipped, the splints :falling and rising in about a vertical direction, so that there is no tendency to drag the chemical to one side ofthe trough or to coat the splints nnevenly.

As the trays G, containing the dipped matches, move along through the dippingchamher, the matches contained therein are exposed to an air-blast through the pipes or nozzles 23 and 2i, which receive an air-supply from the air-trunk 25. The air-blasts not only tend to dry the matches, but carry the fumes of the chemicals upward tothe arch 26, which forms the roof of the drying-chamber, and so out of the Ventilating fine or fines 27.

The chemicals in troughs T are kept at a proper temperature by thehot-water pipes Si), (see Fig. 3,) which enter the chamber from any suitable source of supply, as a boiler or heater, 31, and are coiled or stacked, as at 32 under the troughs T, or under drying-plates, as 33, interposed between the coils and the ends of the matches. rlhe chemical in the troughs is kept at a uniform height by apparatus communicatingr with the exterior ofthe drying-chamber, and the cousistence of the chemicals, as well as the temperature, can be observed through the glazed openings in the chamber. The pipe 30 preferably contains hot water under pressure, due provision being made for the circulation thereof; but steam may behised instead,or other means of heating may be substituted without changing the operation ofthe endless con veyer and its operative mechanism.

The tables or racks C C, &c., are arranged conveniently to the delivery end of the endless-chain carrier, to receive the trays as they come from the dipping-chamber.

ing at a rate of .some six or eight feet per minute, will receive the trays from the six machines at I3 3. IVhile passing through the dippingchamber D,the matches are dipped in and coated with parafne or other chemical, according to the kind of match, and are tipped with phosphorus and dried. (All this part of the operation is automatic and in the closed chamber, from which the fumes are not allowed to escape save by the Ventilating-tine.) rIhe trays, with the dipped and dried matches, are delivered from the carrier at N, in proximity to the packing-tables or storage-frames C. The endless carrier in its return over the top ot` sprocket-wheels 5 5 goes empty withont the match-trays G.

I do not herein claim, broadly, an endless carrier passing through a closed chamber containing the chemicals, as this is claimed in my application No. 111,216, tiled November S, 1883.

I claiml. The combination, with an endless matchdipping carrier, oia series ot' matclrsplint machines, each having its delivery end in proximity to said carrier, substantially as dey scribed.

2. The combination, with the closed chamlber, a trough for chemicals contained therein, andan endless carrier passing over said trough, ot' an air-blast apparatus below the carrier and an escape-tine from the chamber above the carrier, as set forth.

3. The trucks and axle, the links secured to said axle, the frame, and its holding-tics, combined with the match-tray supported in said frame, substantially as described.

4. rlhe combination, with an endless carrier, ofthe supporting-frame tied to the links thereof, the side supporting-Iingers, and the spring-clasp for sustaining the match-trays, as set forth.

5. The combinatiomwith the endless carrier, the frame having side fingers and hook at one end and a spring-catch at the other end, of a match-tray supported with the matches in pendent position by said catch, substantially as described.

6. The combination, wi th the endless carrier, constructed, substantially as described, to dip the matches into the chemical-trough, of the trough for chemicals, the heating apparatus for the same, and the air-blast mechanism in proximity to the carrier, as set forth.

7. rlhe combination, with the endless carrier for dipping matches, of the series of match-splint machines with their delivery ends in proximity to the receiving end of the endless carrier and the series of drying or packing frames in proximity to thedelivery end of the carrier, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses. Y

CHARLES M AR'IIN.

IVitnesses:

L. N. MARTIN, E. J'. L'aingiiv.

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